Cloud Computing has created a paradigm shift in software development. Many developers now use the Cloud as an affordable platform on which to deploy business solutions. One outstanding challenge is the integration of different Cloud services (or resources), offered by different Cloud providers, when building a Cloud-oriented business solution. Typically each provider has a different means of de...

Ordering genetic markers or clones from a genomic library into a physical map is a central problem in genetics. In the presence of errors, there is no efficient algorithm known that solves this problem. Based on a standard heuristic algorithm for it, we present a method to construct a confidence neighborhood for a computed solution. We compute a confidence value for putative local solutions der...

The quality of the mapping decisions made when selecting computation and storage resources for different parts of an application to be executed on a Network on Chip (NoC) has a high impact on the overall system performance. A network simulator is needed to be able to test different mapping configurations. This paper presents such a simulator and demonstrates how it can be used to compare differ...

Date ii Abstract Web mapping is the process of designing, implementing, generating and delivering maps on the World Wide Web. With increased ease in collecting geospatial data, web mapping applications are becoming ubiquitous. Software testing is done to ensure that applications are functioning as per expectations. Results from empirical studies showed that testing has been the least emphasized...

In the Artemis project an architecture workbench is being developed. One of the inputs for defining this workbench is the SPADE methodology. SPADE (System level Performance Analysis and Design space Exploration) follows the Y-chart approach; application and architecture are modeled separately, and the mapping of the application onto the architecture is an explicit design step. As an advantage w...

Magnetoencephalography (MEG) is a novel functional brain mapping technique capable of non-invasively measuring neurophysiological activity based on direct measures of the magnetic flux at the head surface associated with the synchronized electrical activity of neuronal populations. Among the most actively sought applications of MEG has been localization of language-specific cortex. This is in p...

Platform-based design of embedded systems on a chip consists of the parallel functional application specification, configuration of the hardware platform (i.e. connection of processing, memory and physical communication channels) and mapping of the application description on the processing, memory and communication resources of the hardware platform. The main contribution of this work is the se...

In this paper, using the neural space mapping (NSM) concept, we present a SPICE-compatible modeling technique to modify the conventional MOSFET equations, to be suitable for ballistic carbon nanotube transistors (CNTTs). We used the NSM concept in order to correct conventional MOSFET equations so that they could be used for carbon nanotube transistors. To demonstrate the accuracy of our mod...

PURPOSE To describe a clinically useful application of functional magnetic resonance (MR) imaging--presurgical mapping of the sensory motor cortex--and to validate the results with established physiologic techniques. MATERIALS AND METHODS Functional MR mapping of the sensory motor cortex was performed in two women, aged 24 and 38 years. Both had intractable, simple partial motor seizures due ...